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unattended-upgrades not running, /etc/cron.daily/apt missing

I have automatic-upgrades installed and configured, but it never seems to run, because there are always security updates waiting to be installed when I check. ...
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what can be causing /etc/cron.daily/apt to hang?

Lately I've been getting a mail from the server every day, Subject Cron <root@host> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) Body ...
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How to prevent automatic apt-get operations from running for a while?

In a production context, we run scripts to configure/customize the OS. It makes intensive use of apt-get (to install, remove, update, upgrade packages). Unfortunately it happens (especially just ...
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How can I use cron-apt to download and install updates between midnight and 5am?

I have capped data which is essentially free between midnight and 5am. As a result, I would like to set Ubuntu to automatically download updates over that time. It seems that cron-apt is what I need, ...
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Is there a way to schedule aptd to check for updates only at certain times?

On Ubuntu 12.04 I've noticed that aptd sometimes uses 100% of a CPU and tends to slow down my whole laptop. I wasn't installing any packages so I'm assuming that this is the automatic update check. ...
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Run /etc/cron.daily/apt at a specific time (i.e. without anacron)

I want to setup a cron job to download up-to-date package only at night. But I found that the cron.daily jobs will be run by anacron if it's installed, so if my computer fails to wake-up at night to ...
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Accidentally Uninstalled ubuntu-desktop and Anacron. Reinstalled. What Can I Expect?

Unfortunately when I installed the fcron package to take a look at it, I didn't realize that I was also uninstalling Ubuntu Desktop and Anacron. So, I then did apt-get install anacron ubuntu-desktop, ...
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Why does apt-get fail when automated with cron?

I'm trying to use cron to automate my system updates. You can see my crontab, commands, and resulting errors below. When I run upgrades.sh as root, the script runs fine. When cron runs it, apt-get -y ...
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How can I set up Ubuntu to install updates without asking? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I enable automatic updates? I would like to have Ubuntu silently install updates every day or so. It it possible to set it to do so? Are there any potential ...